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What's the point of ASUS's TUF Gaming motherboards?

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AFAIK, they don't carry an extra warrranty, or are built any better than their other boards, like the TUF series used to be.

Is ASUS just milking the TUF brand, or is there something else they have unique going for them?

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i would say tuf motherboards are not worth it unless you are getting a specific cpu and it only supports the tuf motherboard or you want extra ports or m2 slots for storage. but in overclocking they can help you a lot as they are oc compatible

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1 hour ago, Samurai9954 said:

unless you are getting a specific cpu and it only supports the tuf

What?

 

1 hour ago, svmlegacy said:

ASUS just milking the TUF brand, or is there something else they have unique going for them?

It's just branding, kind of like rog, but generally goes for cheaper and it has a certain type of looks. 

It isn't special, it's just a line up of products that are branded as TUF and have a certain type of looks. 

But just like any brand, look at the product and not the brand. There are some horrendous TUF products and there are some that are really good. 

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The moment "TUF" got turned into "TUF Gaming", you knew they just lost the plot.

I loved the look of their Sabertooth series boards, but hey, now they have rGb!!!

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10 minutes ago, TofuHaroto said:

What?

 

It's just branding, kind of like rog, but generally goes for cheaper and it has a certain type of looks. 

It isn't special, it's just a line up of products that are branded as TUF and have a certain type of looks. 

But just like any brand, look at the product and not the brand. There are some horrendous TUF products and there are some that are really good. 

Feel like all the motherboard manufacturers should really unify their naming conventions. I mean all these TUF/Plus/Pro/Strix are really just adding to the confusion, an extra burden to do research on before buying. 

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Just now, Cru012 said:

Feel like all the motherboard manufacturers should really unify their naming conventions. I mean all these TUF/Plus/Pro/Strix are really just adding to the confusion, an extra burden to do research on before buying. 

Not to mention all those different names in the BIOS across brands. 

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Just now, Cru012 said:

an extra burden to do research on before buying. 

I mean every brand has dumb naming schemes that are confusing really.. but yea these don't mean anything really, look at the product and the branding for it. 

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2 hours ago, Samurai9954 said:

unless you are getting a specific cpu and it only supports the tuf motherboard

This is just not a thing. There are no CPUs that only work on a specific subbrand of ASUS motherboards. Not sure where you could have gotten that impression...

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You know what's great? Aorus.

 

It sounds like Areola.

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You guys remember when computer parts makers were all hard with the "Milspec" shit a few years ago?

 

My goodness that was dumb

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1 hour ago, Mister Woof said:

You guys remember when computer parts makers were all hard with the "Milspec" shit a few years ago?

 

My goodness that was dumb

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Although if we're going to trash marketing, I suppose XFX needs to be mentioned here. 

 

 

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